GPaste
A clipboard management system for GNOME with a background daemon, GTK 4 interface and command line.
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About GPaste
GPaste runs a daemon that remembers what you copy on a GNOME desktop, so you can get an earlier item back instead of copying it again. You can reach the history in three ways: a GTK 4 window, a GNOME Shell extension in the top panel, or a command-line tool for scripts and the terminal.
It is built for GNOME and fits people who already use that desktop and want clipboard history that works with the rest of the shell.
Strengths
- Daemon, GTK 4 window, Shell extension and CLI share one history
- Command-line access for scripting
- Integrates with the GNOME Shell top panel
- Long-running project with a large commit history
Limitations
- Built for GNOME; less useful on other desktops
- Usually installed from distribution packages or built from source
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The GPaste contributors
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- GNOME users who want clipboard history in both the panel and the terminal
- Categories
- System utilities, Clipboard managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to GPaste
Compare allSoftware that can replace GPaste for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Clipboard Indicator
A GNOME Shell extension that adds a clipboard history menu to the top panel.
Clipboard Indicator is a simpler GNOME Shell extension installed in one click from the extensions site, without a separate window or command line.
CopyQ
A clipboard manager that keeps everything you copied in searchable tabs, with scripting on top.
CopyQ works on any desktop plus Windows and macOS under GPL-3.0, with tabs, a command line and a scripting API.
Diodon
A lightweight GTK clipboard manager for Linux desktops, originally built for Unity.
Diodon is a lightweight GTK app packaged in Debian and Ubuntu, but it is in low maintenance mode and built around Unity.
Ringboard
A fast, memory-efficient and composable clipboard history manager for Linux on X11 and Wayland.
Ringboard is desktop-independent on X11 and Wayland, with CLI, terminal and graphical front ends, but installation expects Cargo and systemd.
clipcat
A clipboard manager for Linux written in Rust, with a daemon, command-line control and menu front ends.
clipcat is a Rust daemon with CLI and menu front ends for any Linux setup, but needs configuration and has no ready-made window.
EcoPaste
An open-source cross-platform clipboard manager for Windows, macOS and Linux.
EcoPaste is an open source Tauri app for Linux, Windows and macOS, not tied to GNOME, with no command line listed.
GPaste as an alternative
Listings that name GPaste as an alternative.
Clipboard
A cross-platform command-line clipboard tool for copying, pasting and keeping clipboard history in the terminal.
GPaste offers command-line access plus a GTK 4 window and GNOME Shell extension sharing one history, but it is built for GNOME on Linux.
cliphist
A command-line clipboard history manager for Wayland that works with dmenu, rofi, wofi and similar pickers.
GPaste provides a daemon, GTK 4 window and CLI sharing one history, but it is built for GNOME rather than minimal compositors.
Clipman
A clipboard history plugin for the Xfce panel that keeps text and images after apps close.
GPaste offers a daemon, GTK 4 window, Shell extension and CLI sharing one history, but is built for GNOME rather than Xfce.
